
While on the screen showing the upcoming Dark Events, you can check how much time is left for a next Retaliation mission, and how long will it take to construct a new alien facility.Active events can be reviewed by clicking on the list on the left side of the screen, below the objectives.If you intercept a landed UFO mission and win it you stop 2 (or 4) points of strength from ever landing on the planet. I have a Supply Raid in New Indonesia where Advent strength is 8 and it expires in just over 24 hours, so I would imagine around 50 enemies, all badass aliens. Supply Raid - Ignore I'm mid-game with predator armor/lasers, but many of my top soldiers are hurt and we are in recovery mode (LW2). Winning a 'supply raid' mission destroys 1 point of strength in the source region of the supply raid. Supply Raid - Ignore :: XCOM 2 Long War 2. Theres two new sets of Necron Rules Rumors doing the rounds today. Upcoming Dark Events can be checked by clicking the text on the top of the screen, just below the Project AVATAR progress bar. Winning a 'Troop column' mission destroys 1 point of strength in the region. Elite Pathfinders of the Tau Empire wage a guerrilla war against the holy.The first one also specifically occurs in your run's second month, not its first, so they're also consistently introduced to the player last out of these standard mission types. If you haven't established contact with resistance on a given continent, you won't be able to take part in the mission they provide you with, unless you make contact with them. XCOM 2 Mission Analysis: Supply Raids Supply Raids are the last of the standard, occurs-at-a-fixed-clip mission sets, and are the rarest, only occurring every other month. Standard supply raid, but we were warned going in there might be higher than.

Increases the progress bar of the AVATAR Project by 1.ĭecreases the amount of resources provided by the Council by 50%Īll actions using Intel now cost 100% more.Īs you can see, all of those events influence the gameplay, which is why you should react to them as quickly as possible by performing the above mentioned Guerilla Ops missions - the more contacts you have, the more often you will be presented with a mission of this kind. Even in base game XCOM 2 I didnt need to have to rely on Revival Protocol. This happens in places in which civilians are present. The Aliens find a mole within the Resistance, reducing the Retaliation counter by 2 weeks.Īll ADVENT troops are equipped with additional armor.Ĭauses the Faceless enemies to appear on your missions. Guarantees that alien reinforcements will appear during Guerilla Ops missions.

Recruiting with supplies costs 100% more. If the Avenger ship appears in its range, the alien ship will start chasing you, which might end up in grounding the ship, after which a special type of mission will initiate. Some of the Dark Events can be used to decrease the progress of the Avatar Project (more on that can be found in the next chapter of this guide).Ī list of all the available Dark Events, and their effects if they become active:Ī UFO appears on the world map, which will patrol the nearest area. A list of active Dark Events can be checked by clicking on them on the left side of the screen, just below the objectives.Īs soon as a Guerilla Ops mission appears, you should leave whatever you were just doing and complete it - otherwise you risk the effects of a Dark Event to become active, and some of those can really skyrocket the difficulty.
